I can't say unequivocally that Japanese women are oppressed or not oppressed. In hidden places, Japanese women always had power, it's true. All Japanese men also have a tendency to suffer from ,' she {Natsuo Kirino} added, using the contraction of 'mother complex' to refer to the obsessive devotion men are said to harbour for their mothers. 'That's why Japanese women are seemingly rather strong … You talked about running the household accounts. But this means that men don't have to worry about how much to save. They are relieved of such worries. Once you get married, it is not a case of man and wife, but man and mother.
( David Pilling )
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